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more+than+one

  • 1 put all one's eggs in one basket

    (to depend entirely on the success of one scheme, plan etc: You should apply for more than one job - don't put all your eggs in one basket.) εναποθέτω όλες μου τις ελπίδες σ'ένα πράγμα

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  • 2 go out of one's way

    (to do more than is really necessary: He went out of his way to help us.) μπαίνω στον κόπο, σκοτώνομαι

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  • 3 beyond one's means

    (too expensive(ly): A painting by Picasso is beyond my means; He lives well beyond his means (= he spends more money than he earns).) πέρα από τις οικονομικές μου δυνατότητες

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  • 4 raise one's voice

    (to speak more loudly than normal especially in anger: I don't want to have to raise my voice to you again.)

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  • 5 teach one's grandmother to suck eggs

    (to try to show someone more experienced than oneself how to do something.) έλα παππού μου,να σου δείξω τ'αμπελοχώραφά σου

    English-Greek dictionary > teach one's grandmother to suck eggs

  • 6 Grab

    v. trans.
    P. and V. λαμβάνεσθαι. (gen.), ἀντιλαμβάνεσθαι (gen.); see Seize.
    Take more than one's share: P. πλεονεκτεῖν.
    ——————
    subs.
    Taking more than one's share: P. πλεονεξία, ἡ.

    Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Grab

  • 7 ambiguous

    [æm'biɡjuəs]
    (having more than one possible meaning: After the cat caught the mouse, it died is an ambiguous statement (ie it is not clear whether it = the cat or = the mouse).) διφορούμενος
    - ambiguity

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  • 8 common

    ['komən] 1. adjective
    1) (seen or happening often; quite normal or usual: a common occurrence; These birds are not so common nowadays.) κοινός, συνηθισμένος
    2) (belonging equally to, or shared by, more than one: This knowledge is common to all of us; We share a common language.) κοινός
    3) (publicly owned: common property.) κοινόχρηστος
    4) (coarse or impolite: She uses some very common expressions.) λαϊκός
    5) (of ordinary, not high, social rank: the common people.) κοινός, λαϊκός
    6) (of a noun, not beginning with a capital letter (except at the beginning of a sentence): The house is empty.) κοινό (ουσιαστικό)
    2. noun
    ((a piece of) public land for everyone to use, with few or no buildings: the village common.) κοινόχρηστος υπαίθριος χώρος κοινότητας
    - common knowledge
    - common law
    - common-law
    - commonplace
    - common-room
    - common sense
    - the Common Market
    - the House of Commons
    - the Commons
    - in common

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  • 9 concubine

    1) (an old word for a woman who lives with a man as his lover but is not his wife.) παλλακίδα
    2) ((among peoples and religions that allow men to have more than one wife) a secondary wife.) δεύτερη σύζυγος

    English-Greek dictionary > concubine

  • 10 hundred

    1. noun
    1) ((plural hundred) the number 100: Ten times ten is a hundred; more than one/a hundred; There must be at least six hundred of them here.) εκατοντάδα
    2) (the figure 100.) εκατό
    3) (the age of 100: She's over a hundred; a man of a hundred.) εκατό χρονών
    4) ((plural hundred) a hundred pounds or dollars: I lost several hundred at the casino last night.) εκατό λίρες/εκατό δολλάρια
    2. adjective
    1) (100 in number: six hundred people; a few hundred pounds.)
    2) (aged 100: He is a hundred today.)
    •
    - hundredfold
    - hundredth
    - hundreds of

    English-Greek dictionary > hundred

  • 11 metal

    ['metl]
    noun, adjective
    1) ((of) any of a group of substances, usually shiny, that can conduct heat and electricity and can be hammered into shape, or drawn out in sheets, bars etc: Gold, silver and iron are all metals.) μέταλλο
    2) ((of) a combination of more than one of such substances: Brass is a metal made from copper and zinc.) μέταλλο
    •

    English-Greek dictionary > metal

  • 12 plural

    ['pluərəl]
    noun, adjective
    ((in) the form of a word which expresses more than one: `Mice' is the plural of `mouse'; a plural noun/verb; Is the verb in the singular or the plural?) πληθυντικός

    English-Greek dictionary > plural

  • 13 profit

    ['profit] 1. noun
    1) (money which is gained in business etc, eg from selling something for more than one paid for it: I made a profit of $8,000 on my house; He sold it at a huge profit.) κέρδος
    2) (advantage; benefit: A great deal of profit can be had from travelling abroad.) όφελος
    2. verb
    ((with from or by) to gain profit(s) from: The business profited from its exports; He profited by his opponent's mistakes.) κεδίζω,επωφελούμαι
    - profitably

    English-Greek dictionary > profit

  • 14 railway

    1) (a track with (usually more than one set of) two (or sometimes three) parallel steel rails on which trains run: They're building a new railway; ( also adjective) a railway station.) σιδηρόδρομος
    2) ((sometimes in plural) the whole organization which is concerned with the running of trains, the building of tracks etc: He has a job on the railway; The railways are very badly run in some countries.) οργανισμός σιδηροδρόμων

    English-Greek dictionary > railway

  • 15 several

    ['sevrəl] 1. adjective
    (more than one or two, but not a great many: Several weeks passed before he got a reply to his letter.) μερικοί
    2. pronoun
    (some or a few: Several of them are ill; Of the eggs, several were broken.) μερικοί

    English-Greek dictionary > several

  • 16 Greed

    subs.
    Gluttony: P. ὀψοφαγία, ἡ, γαστριμαργία, ἡ, λιχνεία, ἡ, λαιμαργία, ἡ, V. τὸ μάργον.
    Insatiability: P. and V. ἀπληστία, ἡ.
    Taking more than one's share: P. πλεονεξία, ἡ.
    Greed of money: P. φιλοχρηματία, ἡ, P. and V. αἰσχοκερδεια, ἡ.

    Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Greed

  • 17 Sharp

    adj.
    For cutting: P. and V. τομός (Plat.), V. ὀξύθηκτος, θηκτός, συντεθηγμένος, τεθηγμένος, Ar. and V. ὀξύς, ὀξύστομος.
    Stinging ( of taste): P. and V. πικρός. Ar. and P. δριμύς, P. ὀξύς.
    Giving pain: Ar. and P. ὀδυνηρός, V. διώδυνος.
    Bitter (of words, etc.): P. and V. πικρός, V. τεθηγμένος.
    Of sight: Ar. and P. ὀξύς.
    Of wits: Ar. and P. ὀξύς. P. and V. δριμύς (Plat. and Eur., Cycl.), see Clever.
    Of sound: P. and V. ὀξύς, V. λιγύς (also Plat. but rare P.), ὄρθιος, πικρός, διάτορος, Ar. and V. ὑπέρτονος.
    Quick: P. and V. ταχύς; see Quick.
    Getting more than one's share: P. πλεονεκτικός.

    Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Sharp

  • 18 Voracity

    subs.
    P. λιχνεία, ἡ, γαστριμαργία, ἡ, λαιμαργία, ἡ, V. τὸ μάργον; see Greed.
    Insatiability: P. and V. ἀπληστία, ἡ.
    Taking more than one's share: P. πλεονεξία, ἡ.

    Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Voracity

  • 19 rather

    1) (to a certain extent; slightly; a little: He's rather nice; That's a rather silly question / rather a silly question; I've eaten rather more than I should have.) μάλλον
    2) (more willingly; preferably: I'd rather do it now than later; Can we do it now rather than tomorrow?; I'd rather not do it at all; I would/had rather you didn't do that; Wouldn't you rather have this one?; I'd resign rather than do that.) καλύτερα
    3) (more exactly; more correctly: He agreed, or rather he didn't disagree; One could say he was foolish rather than wicked.) μάλλον, για την ακρίβεια

    English-Greek dictionary > rather

  • 20 hog

    [hoɡ] 1. noun
    ((especially American) a pig.) γουρούνι
    2. verb
    1) (to gobble up greedily.) καταβροχθίζω
    2) (to take or use more of than one ought to; to keep or use longer than one ought to: She's hogging the telephone and no-one else can use it.) μονοπωλώ
    •
    - go the whole hog

    English-Greek dictionary > hog

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